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Space Range Support Contract Signed

1/12/2015

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The Air Force handed
a $1.5 billion, year-long space launch ranges support contract to Raytheon and
General Dynamics with nine additional one-year options, the companies announced
on Jan. 9. Under the Launch and Test Range System Integrated Support contract,
the two companies will be responsible for operating and maintaining ranges at
Vandenberg AFB, Calif., and Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla. The joint venture, dubbed
"Range Generation Next,"deliver efficiencies and economies of scale
that could not be obtained under separate contracts," said Raytheon intel
and information services president Lynn Dugle. The team also will be
responsible for delivering depot maintenance and infrastructure sustainment to
enable space launch, missile and air-vehicle testing, and telemetry for defense
and commercial space missions and ICBM test launches, according to the release.